#Mastodon will export my posts in #ActivityPub format but it's a bit vague about how I can use that.
'The exported data will be in the ActivityPub format, readable by any compliant software.'
Does anybody know of an ActivityPub archive reader? 
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From a more technical perspective you might consider Federated discussion forum software to constitute a collaborative / multi-user ActivityPub client with dedicated management features for content curation, aggregation and moderation.
What does it mean when we say that a Discussion forum has become “part of the fediverse”?
> Federated discussion forums are like collaborative gardening centers where a group of fedizens gathers together around a theme and fosters a curated garden of relevant information and connections to other groups and people to interact with, have insightful discussions and deepen relationships, and to enrich the collective knowledge base together.
SocialHub · SocialHub developer community: Reboot or Shutdown?💯 The various observations @trwnh makes are spot on. “Scattered to the winds” is also my observation. Anyone noted the new HTTP Signatures proposal to the ActivityPub community? Maybe by coincidence or by having a good ‘following’ collection. Or maybe because I created a cross-reference as a commons janitor. It means now at least there’s archive that it happened, though the content of the discussion may already be gone, link-rotted as happens on microblog timelines. What does it mean to ...
Dig, Plant, Grow. Compost the #Techshit. Repeat
Let’s be honest, much of the so-called “alternative” tech scene is still stuck. Yes, we fled the #dotcons for something better, but ended up with copies of the same broken models. The #Fediverse, with all its potential, is still dominated by “mainstreaming meta” chat (“Twitter refugees incoming!”) or conspiracy-laden, #fashionista rabbit holes. It’s little wonder that even the nerdy privacy crowd struggles to find meaningful content or community. And no, shouting “fuck the […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/dig-plant-grow-compost-the-techshit-repeat-2/
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I made the right choice of setting up a personal web page with rss and using “social media” only to re-share content and exchange comments.
ActivityPub turned out to be a set of feudal (but federated) warring fiefdoms, blocking, spamming and moderating each other. BlueSky is slowly spiraling down while FB and legacies are ever more infested with AI agents and slop.
My previous ActivityPub home started malfunctioning...
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House of Saahbs · New ActivityPub ServerI made the right choice of setting up a personal web page with rss and using “social media” only to re-share content and exchange comments.
ActivityPub turned out to be a set of feudal (but federated) warring fiefdoms, blocking, spamming and moderating each other. BlueSky is slowly spiraling down while FB and legacies are ever more infested with AI agents and slop.
My previous ActivityPub home started malfunctioning, so I decided to jump ship while I still can and let the server migration process run its course.
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Anyone up for joining a group call about the future of #SocialHub in the next couple of weeks?
https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/anyone-keen-on-a-fediverse-conference-in-2023-24/3167/75
You don’t need to be willing to volunteer for anything other than being on the call. I’m just looking for indications that people still think SH is (or could be) a useful community service, and worth rebooting.
SocialHub · Anyone keen on a fediverse conference in 2023/24Another year has passed, and due to those who’ve volunteered being busy with life, we still haven’t managed to put together any online meetups. Now the need for some kind of meeting has become existentially urgent; Anyone up for joining a group call in the next couple of weeks? You don’t need to be willing to volunteer for anything other than being on the call, I’m just looking for indications that people still think SH is (or could be) a useful community service, and is worth rebooting.
I just tried to post information on FB about #fedicon in Vancouver Aug 1 & 2 which they bounced with a phony excuse, one more reason why I will be attending this event. Any others from #vancouverisland #bc planning to go who want to ride share?
To know more about a better sort of social media, FediCon
A Canadian conference for decentralized social networks and the social web
August 1st & 2nd, 2025
Vancouver, BC
#cosocial #fediverse #activitypub #socialbc
fedicon.caFediCon — Fediverse Conference2 day Fediverse Conference on August 1st and 2nd, 2025
In more positive news, I started a new #http server library for #Tcl and formulated my first #ActivityPub responses with it.
Complete side project of course, but interesting. I just feel none of the httpd libraries are a particularly good fit (and the one in tcllib is also poorly documented).
Looks like I might do my own #json formatting lib too as the tcllib one is a bit awkward (though will probably wrap around it).
A basic guide to getting your ActivityPub blog federated better
As most WordPress users know, there is a great ActivityPub plugin that makes your blog part of the fediverse. It pairs well with the WebMention plugin to bring in reactions from all over. The trouble is, it can be hard to get noticed. Here are some tips to get over that hump.
Have an account on a large instance and follow yourself
The quickest way to get started is if you, yourself, follow you, your blog. That means that the server instance you are on will poll for content. That gets it into the global feed at least.
The global feed by itself is not all that much help. That’s why the second step is to also boost your best content. This will show it to your fedi-followers. From there, it is down to the quality of your post as to how much further it goes.
You could set up camp in multiple instances but you will face the law of finishing returns. One account is usually fine (if it is active and picks up relevant followers).
The wider the array of instances that users follow you from, the better this tip works.
Use the Friends plugin
The Friends plugin is far from perfect, but it does allow the blog to follow Mastodon accounts (as well as RSS feeds). Friends and ActivityPub cooperate well.
You can use the Friends plugin to follow interesting people. As a general rule, people tend to follow back when followed. Not always. Which is why you should only follow people if you mean it. If you want to see their stuff in your Friends’ feed.
Connect with relays
There are servers out there that exist to connect ActivityPub nodes. There’s a whole list of them on relaylist.com. I don’t know a lot about relays, but I do know there’s a setting in the activityPub plugin for relays to ping.
If you know a bit more, please chime in.
Use hashtags and maybe hashcats too
You can set your ActivityPub plugin to convert tags into native Mastodon tags. You can do the same with categories as well, but you will need to customise your template with [hashcats].
Tags are used for content discovery from the public timeline. This means you will want to use some of the other tips in this post as well.
Ask for a few follows
I assume that you are connected with at least a few mutuals. Friends and family can be a great starting point. If they are willing, you could ask them to fedi-follow your blog. This has the same benefits as following yourself, and might be spread out over a few more instances.
Check out Bridgy
If you are using the WebMention plugin too, Bridgy might be for you. Bridgy acts as a link between various blogging platforms and social media.
Post interesting stuff
Don’t launch naked. Before you try to get federated, have at least three posts that you are proud of. This gives you something to boost with your Mastodon account and something for visitors to discover.
To get further federated, the most important thing is to post interesting stuff. To post fun stuff. To post as a way to engage with interesting people (reply, boost, and reblog via your Friends feed). If you don’t do that, the rest of these tips are pretty much useless to you.
Use ALT Text widely
For your photos, memes, graphics, and featured images, apply liberal alt text. The alt text tag explains what the picture is about for those who cannot see it. Fedi-folk like to see alt text. It is considered rude not to supply it. Which is why people who write good alt text are both (1) better liked on Mastodon and (2) slightly easier to find on search engines.
Give it time
The fediverse is not a place of instant gratification. There is no algorithm – only people. You have to make friends the old-fashioned way – one at a time.
Once you are somewhat federated, give it time. Keep sharing good stuff. Keep being social. Play well with others. You know what to do.
Bonus tip: Bridgy Fed
You can also bridge the gap into BlueSky with fed.brid.gy. You may pick up additional likes and follows.
Maybe drop me a follow, too
You can subscribe to my blog via Mastodon. Let’s connect.
What are your federation tips?
I’m sure there are other, better, fedi-tips for blogs joining the ActivityPub world. Please share your thoughts with me. You can WebMention, reply on ActivityPub, or just drop a comment.
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There are plentiful long discussions and history on the subject matter, and multiple solutions being discussed among which various forms of - what's current called but may have to be renamed - nomadic identity. #ActivityPub enhancement proposals #FEP's hopefully bring a measure of standardization.
See e.g. this long discussion on #SocialHub at https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/nomadic-identity-for-the-fediverse/2101/97
SocialHub · Nomadic identity for the fediverse?“portable identity” is not well-defined concept, I prefer to call it cryptographic identity or key-based identity. However, the name of the FEP is “Portable objects”. The combination of cryptographic identity and cryptographic integrity proofs makes objects portable.
Huge shoutouts to two amazing contributors from Korea's #OSSCA program who just made #Fedify even better!
First, @z9mb1 delivered PR #321, adding a handy -o/--output option to fedify lookup. Now you can save lookup results directly to files instead of just printing to terminal—a nice quality-of-life improvement for analysis and scripting workflows.
But the real showstopper is @joonnot's incredible PR #283, which introduces the brand new @fedify/testing package! This massive contribution (2,014 lines across 20 files) brings MockFederation and MockContext classes that completely transform how we test federated applications. No more complex setups or actual network requests—just clean, straightforward unit testing with activity tracking, inbox simulation, and queue-aware testing capabilities.
These contributions solve real pain points and showcase the amazing talent emerging from the OSSCA program. Both features will be available in the upcoming Fedify 1.8 release. The future of federated software development just got a lot brighter! 
GitHubfeat(cli): Add --output option to fedify lookup to save results to a file by sij411 · Pull Request #321 · fedify-dev/fedify
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@jpmens I yes! And I think that's the big dichotomy at the core of the discussion when people talk about the pros and cons of the way Mastodon handles migrations.
We old web farts want cool urls that don't change but for many people the temporary nature of posts here (see also: the option to automatically delete posts after x days) is a feature and not a bug.
And from what I see in the world of ActivityPub or the Fediverse in general it seems to be a pretty even split.
This month’s round up: Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies, Dioreann Ní Ghríofa’s A Ghost in the Throat, #murderbot , the Lammas online meet up & more! Every month I post a list of what I’m reading, watching and planning. Subscribe to my newsletter to get a heady dose of high quality recs in your inbox. You can also follow my blog on Mastodon https://wandering.shop/@index@allysonshaw.ghost.io #ActivityPub #Ghost #Newsletter https://allysonshaw.ghost.io/#/portal
Heute hat die Zahl der 
Follower 
auf den #Mastodon-Accounts der #Hochschulen
https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/
die 40.000er Marke geknackt. Das entspricht einer Verdoppelung 
im Laufe des letzten Jahres.
#Reichweite und Followerzahlen sind nicht alles. Bei der #WissKomm geht es vor allem um Inhalte.
Doch die Zunahme zeigt, dass auf dem #ActivityPub-Protokoll basierende Dienste die #Hochschulkommunikation tragen können. Das ist ein schöner Erfolg für alle, die sich dafür eingesetzt haben. 
Super!
Es spricht auch nichts dagegen, die Zahl noch einmal zu verdoppeln 
. Und dann nochmal . Das Potential ist da. Die Hochschulen müssen nur klar kommunizieren, dass die #UnisInsFediverse gehören.
mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.deMastodon ListenListen von Mastodon-Accounts von z.B. Universitäten, Forschungseinrichtungen etc. Erstellt mit Daten von Wikidata.
Good news! You can now find @Defector on Flipboard and in the fediverse, thanks to their federated account. Follow them for coverage of sports, pop culture, and more.
FlipboardDefector (@Defector) on FlipboardDefector is the internet's sharpest independent sports and culture site, owned and operated by its writers.
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@felipe I’d be interested.
Some topics of particular interest to me:
‣ #ActivityPub Webhooks - lightweight client to receive notifications from timeline posts and @mentions
‣ Deployments - deploy on push to main on the cheap: no 3rd party hosted stuff, no complicated and expensive CI.
I wanted to explore some options for creating a mobile application and now I'm knee deep in creating an #ActivityPub #Dart library compatible with #GoActivityPub services. Hmmm...
Over the years, I’ve learned a lot from trial, error, and a few coffee-fueled rabbit holes while setting up all my self-hosted services. 
Now I’m wondering… would anyone be interested if I started sharing tutorials?
Could be:
Blog posts
Video walk-throughs
Docker setups
Reverse proxy tricks, identity management, and more
Everything from “click here” beginner guides to advanced stuff like SSO with Authentik or federated Matrix!
Let me know what you’d like to see — and if there’s enough interest, I’ll start posting! 
#SelfHosting #FOSS #OpenSource #Homelab #Fediverse #CloudSovereignty #TechEducation #ActivityPub
Here’s a (very non-exhaustive) list of services I currently self-host across my own hardware and data center deployments:
Cloud Storage – Synology Drive-based, hosted on enterprise-grade Synology servers
Synology Photos
Synology Calendar
Synology Contacts
Authentik (SSO / identity management) GoToSocial (Fediverse presence!)
Invoice Ninja
Kutt (URL shortener)
Ghost (blog CMS)
Wordpress
Moodle (online learning)
Matrix (w/ Element)
Cal.com (booking system)
Immich (photo/video backup) TubeArchivist (YouTube archiving)
Jitsi (video conferencing)
Tdarr (media transcoding automation)
Uptime Kuma (monitoring)
PeerTube (video hosting + federation)
…and many others in testing or on the roadmap 
Some of these will soon be publicly available to others — privacy-respecting, ad-free, and powered by love for open infrastructure. 
If you’re into self-hosting, the Fediverse, or building a digital home you truly own, let’s connect! 
#SelfHosting #Fediverse #FOSS #ActivityPub #OpenSource #Homelab #SysAdminLife #CloudSovereignty
ActivityPub ist die gemeinsame Sprache im Fediverse
ActivityPub ermöglicht die Kommunikation zwischen verschiedenen sozialen Netzwerken und ist der Standard im Fediverse.
So kann jemand mit einem Mastodon-Konto jemanden auf Pixelfed folgen und mit den Beiträgen interagieren, ohne dass er ein Pixelfed-Konto hat.
https://pmueller.de/activitypub-ist-die-gemeinsame-sprache-im-fediverse/